Welcome to another episode of What The T@X! In this week’s episode we talk about the budget crisis in Alaska.
In a matter of two years the world saw crude oil prices plummet from a high of $106 a barrel in June of 2014 to a low of $33 a barrel in February, 2016. While consumers celebrated the lower price at the pump, state legislators in Alaska witnessed the biggest drop in tax revenue in its state’s history.